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It is easy to lose hope

It is easy to lose hope these days. The worse sides of us seem rampant. Selfishness and greed seem to have eclipsed love and compassion. Yet where there is strife and hardship, someone always comes […]

Cultivate a refuge deep within our heart.

Sometimes we’re happy, sometimes we’re sad. It is all the same, just experience. The more we remember this, the less attached we become to pleasure and pain. With practice we cultivate a refuge deep within […]

Completed a 2-day meditation retreat in Tokyo

Three days ago, we completed a 2-day meditation retreat in Tokyo, meditating on compassion, wisdom, non-distraction, awareness, and walking. The subtle lasting bliss that slowly develops with regular practice is nourishing, feeling that everything is […]

Happy holiday

Happy holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all kind mother sentient beings. Every living being has the complete potential to be fully happy and fully free from pain. It is our job to […]

Profound, free of conceptual elaboration, uncompounded, luminous, and peaceful

Study, meditation, and practice are important, but we must put this in action. Engaged Buddhism is the most important. The Buddha after 35 years of “showing” (according to Mahayana tradition Shakyamuni Buddha was already enlightened […]

2019 Jun. 29-30 Meditation Retreat “Meditation as a Way of Life”

Jun. 29 Sat.-30 Sun.2019 Meditation Retreat in Yugawara Kanagawa prefecture “Meditation as a Way of Life” Message from Barry Kerzin Meditation is a way of life. How do we integrate it into our daily lives? […]

2019 Jul. 13-16 Meditation Retreat “Healing Mother Earth”

Jul. 13 Sat. – 16 Tue.2019 Meditation Retreat in Nagano “Healing Mother Earth” Message from Barry Kerzin Mother earth is crying out for help. Our children’s wellbeing, and even survival, are at stake. What contemplative […]

2019 Apr. 22 Meditation Practice and Yoga

Apr. 22, 2019 Meditation Practice and Yoga We will learn about compassion and meditation via the latest video lecture by Dr. Barry Kerzin as well as practice meditation and Yoga together. We would be happy […]

2019 Feb. 28 “Meditation Practice Group”

Feb. 28, 2019 Human Values Meditation Practice Group (LIVE via Zoom with Dr.Barry) We will learn about compassion and meditation via the latest video lecture by Dr. Barry Kerzin as well as practice meditation together. […]

Every experience regardless of positive or negative is made constructive

Taking everything in stride, or in dharma terms, taking everything onto the path. This means that every experience regardless of positive or negative is made constructive. In order to do this, we must be aware. […]